[Greyson]

I am posting this in this thread because the Texas GOP Platform was noted in previous posts.

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TAKE ACTION: Tell Republican National Committee to Reject Anti-LGBT Texas Republican Party Platform
By Michael Cole
June 24th, 2010 at 1:08 pm

HRC today condemned the Texas State Republican Party for including anti-LGBT language in its 2010 State Party Platform. The language, which goes far beyond the usual conservative talking points on “traditional family values,” sinks to a new low of intolerance and hate. We’re calling on RNC Chairman Michael Steele to publicly repudiate the anti-LGBT language in the State Party Platform and we want you to do the same.

Texas GOP Platform:

Calls for making it a felony to issue a marriage license to, or perform a marriage ceremony for same-sex couples;
Calls on Congress to withhold jurisdiction from the Federal Courts in cases involving family law – a clear violation of the separation of powers in the U.S. Constitution;
Opposes the recognition of and granting of benefits to domestic partners;
Opposes any and all employment protections for LGBT people;
Opposes the legalization of private, consensual sex;
Indicates possible anti-transgender bias with the terms “natural man” and “natural woman”;
States: “Homosexuality must not be presented as an acceptable ‘alternative’ lifestyle in our public education and policy, nor should “family” be redefined to include homosexual ‘couples.’”
Texas has failed to meet benchmark measures to protect LGBT citizens, including: employment protections, hospital visitation rights, protection in housing, joint-adoption, and relationship recognition. In 2003 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Texas’ anti-sodomy laws. The 2010 State Republican Party Platform advocates violating this decision and puts Texas even further behind the times.

The outrageous platform doesn’t stop with attacking LGBT citizens. It also calls for: Congress to evict the United Nations from the United States, opposing legislation allowing stem cell research, reversing Roe v. Wade, prohibiting more than three years of bilingual education for students, and repealing the No Child Left Behind law and eliminating the U.S. Department of Education.

Take Action Now and tell Chairman Steele to reject this anti-LGBT, anti-family platform.



http://www.hrcbackstory.org/2010/06/take-action-tell-republican-national-committee-to-reject-anti-lgbt-texas-republican-party-platform/